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Living on the edge in war-torn Kyiv


KUALA LUMPUR: Every time Marissa K (pic) leaves her house and steps outside, she is putting her life at risk.There are missiles dropping everywhere and just last Thursday, the Malaysian, who wants to be known as Marissa, was only a few hundred metres away when a residential building was bombed.

Marissa is one of two Malaysians who have opted to remain in war-torn Ukraine, despite the war going on there.

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